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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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